They celebrate the hard work across of people in mental health or learning disability services.

James Harper, allied health professional lead at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are so excited to be hosting this year’s Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards and working alongside the Mental Health Collaborative.

“We are really looking forward to the event being held in Lancashire as there are so many great examples of positive practice taking place across the county and it is important for people to be given an opportunity to recognise this.

“We hope that our staff and the public can spare some of their time to submit a nomination for someone out there that is truly making a difference.”

This year there are 21 team/service awards for Positive Practice in Mental Healtht. A full list of categories can be found at website www.positivepracticemh.com/nominate.

Closing date for nomination is Monday, May 15. To make a nomination visit www.bit.ly/1oz49v1. For further details visit the Positive Practice in Mental Health webpage and follow @PositivePracti1 on Twitter.